AUSTIN - A Texas House committee voted 7-2 Wednesday to approve a bill that would exempt travel vouchers filed by Department of Public Safety officers who provide security for the governor and other state officials from Texas' open records statutes.

"I think it's a matter of security," said Rep. Sid Miller, R-Stephenville, who chairs the House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee. "I don't know what might be in there, but it might not be good to have it out there in front of the public."